Although they are in the same village, there is still some distance between the beginning and the end of the village, so Sun Dachun came by electric tricycle.

Grandpa spread a corner of his military overcoat on the tricycle, dusted it off, and laughed:

"Girl, sit here, Grandpa will shield you from the wind, you won't be cold!"

"Um!"

Lu Qing nodded and lightly jumped to sit on the side of the tricycle.

The cold wind howled in the winter, which was especially noticeable when sitting on the tricycle. Lu Qing, however, was not afraid of the cold, with his face and ears exposed and red from the cold.

"Qingqing, is your face cold? Grandpa will give you a scarf!"

The old man reached for his scarf as he spoke, but Lu Qing quickly stopped him:

"Grandpa, I'm not cold!"

"Look at my hands, they're warm! It feels so good to have some cool air blowing on them!"

The old man touched Lu Qing's hand; it was indeed very hot and sweaty.

"You young people are so hot-blooded! You're still sweating in this cold weather!"

"So Grandpa, you keep yourself warm, don't worry about me!"

Lu Qing helped her grandfather straighten his scarf.

The view of the village from a tricycle is different from that from a car.

The green pines stand tall on the distant mountains. If it snowed, the scenery of the pines covered in snow would be even more beautiful than it is now.

The countryside is mostly inhabited by elderly people. When they have nothing to do, they like to stroll along the road, chat about everyday things, and talk about ancient things.

He knew almost everyone in the neighborhood, and the old man greeted them countless times along the way.

"Hey Chu calf, who's this little girl? I've never seen her before!"

"Uncle, this is my granddaughter. She was lost when she was little, but we were just found recently!"

"Qingqing, quickly call him Fifth Father!"

Lu Qing forced a smile and greeted him politely, "Hello, Fifth Uncle!"

Along the way, Lu Qing greeted people countless times; her face wasn't frozen, but it was frozen from smiling.

With great difficulty, the tricycle turned into a house and stopped at the gate.

"Yingzi, I've brought Grandpa Chu back! Open the door quickly!"

Hearing the noise, the woman inside rushed out and opened the door.

The woman looked like she had just been crying; her eyes were red, and she forced a smile.

"Uncle Chu, it's so cold, please come all this way! It's really too much trouble!"

Old Master Chu sighed:

"Alright! Enough said. Where's the child? Take me to see him!"

"Hey!"

The woman led the old man and Lu Qing into the house.

A child of about twelve or thirteen years old lay on the bed, his face flushed red, unconscious.

Lu Qing clearly sensed a yin energy emanating from him; his condition was definitely not as simple as just being sick.

Just as the old man was about to step forward to take his pulse, Lu Qing stopped him:

"Grandpa, let me try!"

"Qingqing, you know how to treat patients?" The old man looked surprised.

"Grandpa, he's not sick. The doctor can't save him. Let me do it!"

Lu Qing helped the old man sit down, then went to the bedside and took out a talisman to stick on the child's forehead.

Sun Dachun and his wife were both surprised when they saw this scene.

"Uncle Chu, what is your granddaughter doing?"

Old Master Chu was also completely baffled:

“I don’t know either. She said she could save your son. Let her try it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll see her again.”

Chu Panshan and Han Ziyuan did not reveal much about Lu Qing's identity, only saying that she was raised by an old Taoist priest on a mountain.

The old man's eyelids twitched as he watched Lu Qing's rambling manner.

After a short while, Lu Qing withdrew his hand and peeled off the talisman.

The talisman instantly turned into ashes and dissipated, a scene that once again delivered a psychological blow to those present.

"This...this..."

Lu Qing smiled and said, "It's alright! The talisman absorbed the yin energy from his body. Give him some water, and he should wake up soon."

As they spoke, the child on the bed groggily opened his eyes and weakly cried out:

"Water...I want...water..."

Sun Dachun's wife quickly ran out and brought in a glass of warm water.

"Wait a moment!"

Lu Qing stopped her and threw a small red pill into the water.

The pill dissolves in water, colorless and odorless, and is completely undetectable.

"What did you put there?" Sun Dachun asked.

Lu Qing: "The medicine he was given to treat his illness made him sober up after drinking it."

Sun Dachun and his wife gave the water to their child with a skeptical attitude.

If it weren't for Lu Qing's skillful intervention that actually saved the child, and the fact that Old Master Chu had a good reputation in the surrounding area, they wouldn't have dared to trust Lu Qing so easily.

Shortly after drinking the water, the child vomited up a clump of black hair.

Upon seeing this, Lu Qing's eyes narrowed.

Sun Dachun even leaned forward, wanting to pick it up and see what it was.

Lu Qing quickly stopped him: "Don't move! Whatever you do, don't touch that thing!"

Sun Dachun then reluctantly withdrew his hand.

Lu Qing frowned and used the Samadhi True Fire to burn that tuft of hair completely.

Everyone present was dumbfounded as flames suddenly appeared from Lu Qing's fingers.

"You...you can...breathe fire?"

Are you a human or a monster?

Sun Dachun and his wife were terrified and retreated while holding their child.

Old Master Chu wasn't afraid, but asked Lu Qing with surprise:

"Girl, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Qing gently flicked his fingers to extinguish the flame.

Seeing the frightened looks on Sun Dachun and his wife's faces, he laughed and said:

"This is just a smokescreen. Actually, I have a kind of flammable powder on my hands. With a gentle rub, it can start a fire, just like a matchbox."

This was obviously made up; Lu Qing bet that Sun Dachun and his wife weren't highly educated and wouldn't understand.

"You're really not a monster!"

Lu Qing smiled helplessly:

"Uncle, Auntie, I am my grandfather's granddaughter. If I were a monster, wouldn't my grandfather be an ancient monster?"

"If you don't believe me, you should at least believe my grandfather. You've known him for so long, is he a monster?"

The couple looked at each other and shook their heads.

Grandpa Chu was a well-known traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the surrounding area, and also a retired military doctor.

They may not recognize monsters, but surely the country does!

If the old man really was a monster, would the country allow him to enlist in the army?

The couple finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Grandpa, your girl is too scary. If you need a fire, just use a lighter. Why... why did she try to set her fingers on fire? We're uneducated, we were almost scared to death."

"I'm so sorry! Uncle and Auntie, please put the child down and let him rest!" Lu Qing said with a smile.

Sun Dachun then put the child back on the bed.

He's feeling much better now, and he's regained consciousness.

"Dad, Mom, what's wrong with me?"

The couple wiped away their tears, their faces filled with heartache.

"Xiaoyang, you've had a fever for three days, and you've had so many IV drips but you still haven't gotten better! We were so scared!"

"Thanks to Grandpa Chu and his granddaughter, we should thank them quickly!"

Sun Yang looked at Old Master Chu and Lu Qing:

"Thank you, Uncle Chu, thank you, Sister!"

"You're welcome!"

Lu Qing stepped forward and asked with a smile:

"Yangyang, did you eat anything or see any strange people before you got a fever?"

Upon hearing this question, Sun Yang's expression visibly changed.

"I...I didn't!"